厓

厓 U+5393, 厓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5393 ← 厒 [U+5392] CJK Unified Ideographs 厔 → [U+5394]

Translingual

Han character

厓 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土土 (MGG), composition ⿸厂圭)

Derived characters

• 啀, 堐, 娾, 崕, 捱, 涯, 睚, 䝽, 崖

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠊎, 𪞢, 𢛄, 𪺾, 𣔦, 𤦐, 𦁩, 𧍊, 𨂉, 𭕃, 𪘬(𱌷), 𫨾, 𧡋, 𦲒, 𥯅, 𱗴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 161, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2930
• Dae Jaweon: page 367, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 70, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5393

Chinese

simp. and trad.		厓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋreː): semantic 厂 (“cliff”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː) to represent a cliff and the waterside.

Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character and 街 either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yá, yái (ya², yai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ, ㄧㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yá
    • Wade–Giles: ya²
    • Yale: yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yái
    • Wade–Giles: yai²
    • Yale: yái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yai
    • Palladius: яй (jaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁴
    • Yale: ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngea

Rime
Character	厓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五佳切
Baxter	ngea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋæi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨj/
Li Rong	/ŋɛ/
Wang Li	/ŋai/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋai/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤrar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋreː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yá
Middle Chinese	‹ ngɛ ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁrar/
English	river bank; limit
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厓
Reading #	1/1
No.	4538
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	崖
Old Chinese	/*ŋreː/

Definitions

厓

1. cliff

   alt. forms: 崖 (yá)

2. waterside

   alt. forms: 涯 (yá)

3. boundary

   alt. forms: 涯 (yá)

4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 睚

Compounds

• 厓山
• 厓眥 / 厓眦 (yázì)
• 厓谷

Japanese

Kanji

厓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. precipice
2. shore
3. bank
4. cliff

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: がけ (gake)、きし (kishi)、かたへ (katahe)、はて (hate)

Korean

Hanja

厓 (eum 애 (ae))

1. hill, cliff
2. the edge
3. boundary

Vietnamese

Han character

厓: Hán Nôm readings: day

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